Acute Care Physical Therapist – PRN/Weekend

126 Atrium Health Hospitals, Inc.; Goodsonville (NC); On-site; USD 56,000 - 79,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards program

Health benefits

Job summary

Advocate Health's Atrium Health Lincoln Rehabilitation - Acute Care in North Carolina seeks a licensed Physical Therapist for PRN and weekender openings. You will evaluate patients, develop care plans, and guide modalities and education, collaborating with physicians and staff.

You will supervise aides and students, document care and discharge plans, and participate in home exercise programs. A Bachelor's in PT, state license, CPR and BLS are required; the environment emphasizes teamwork, care

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in PT from an accredited program required.
• Applicable state license for PT required.
• CPR Certification and BLS required per policy guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates patients and establishes appropriate patient care plan to include necessary modalities, procedures, exercise programs, and patient education as warranted by the patient's diagnosis and condition.
• Gathers and interprets appropriate data from the medical record, physician reports, patient, and/or family as evidenced by documentation and identifies need for and utilizes appropriate assistive and orthotic devices.
• Documents evaluations, tests, progress notes, daily treatment notes, attendance records, patient/family education, outcomes, discharge notes, and charges.
• Re-evaluates patients as needed, modifying goals and treatment as patient's status changes.
• Communicates patient's evaluation and subsequent progress to physician, referral sources, and other clinical staff and coordinates patient's schedule, treatment programs, discharge planning and recommends solutions to patient care problems.
• Provides and documents patient and family education in regard to deficits, progress toward goals, and therapeutic techniques, with individualized instruction for a home program including equipment use.
• Directs and supervises activities of Physical Therapist Assistant, Physical Therapy Technician, students, and volunteers and assists with orienting new and rotating staff.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Care planning

Documentation

Interprofessional communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in PT

Job description

Advocate Health's Atrium Health Lincoln Rehabilitation - Acute Care in North Carolina seeks a licensed Physical Therapist for PRN and weekender openings. You will evaluate patients, develop care plans, and guide modalities and education, collaborating with physicians and staff.

You will supervise aides and students, document care and discharge plans, and participate in home exercise programs. A Bachelor's in PT, state license, CPR and BLS are required; the environment emphasizes teamwork, care